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Hope Springs (2003)

July 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Predictable and boring comedic romance about a guy that thinks he got dumped, runs away to America, crazy fiance’ follows him and he falls in love with a local girl. Oliver Platt is amusing as the mayor. imdb.com Colin Ware (played by Colin Firth) arrives in the most hopeful sounding town he can find to [...]

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Tags: Chick Flick · Comedy · Drama · Smells of Straight to DVD

Funny People (2009)

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Depressing and interesting look at a comedian as he goes through a terminal illness, realizes he is pretty much alone and proceeds to try and mess up the good thing that the only girl he feels he loved has. Great performances by Sandler and Rogen. imdb.com When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, [...]

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Tags: Comedy · depressing · Drama

What Happens in Vegas (2008)

July 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Pretty people doing stupid things for money and end up actually falling in love. Such an original story line I hardly knew what to do. imdb.com Set in Sin City, story revolves around two people who discover they’ve gotten married following a night of debauchery, with one of them winning a huge jackpot after playing [...]

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Tags: Comedy · Drama · Wow That was Bad

Choke (2008)

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments

The promos for this film had me thinking that it was about a guy that goes from restaurant to restaurant scamming people by “choking” and having people save his life. It was about a dysfunctional man who’s mother was dying, was a sex addict and lathed his dead end job. The choking was pretty much [...]

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Tags: Comedy · Drama · You CAN Make a Difference

All About Steve (2009)

July 6th, 2010 · No Comments

This movie deserved the Razzie nods it got. Not completely awful, but certainly EVERYONE in this cast has done better work. imdb.com Convinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.

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Tags: Comedy · Smells of Straight to DVD · Wow That was Bad

17 Again (2009)

July 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Fun enough film we’ve seen before. Guy gets a chance to relive what he perceives are his glory days. Happy endings for everyone. imdb.com About a guy whose life didn’t quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day [...]

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Tags: Comedy · Drama · Sci-Fi/Fantasy · You CAN Make a Difference

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)

June 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Guy is not sure what he wants to do with his life. Basically wanders around with people that get him in trouble. Works in a book store. Dines with his gangster father. Finds himself. imdb.com Based on Michael Chabon’s novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster [...]

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Tags: Action · Comedy · Drama

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Been trying to find this film on cable uncut for a while. Finally gave up and watched it on the Disney Channel with commercials. Seemed fine and didn’t get cut up. Lindsay before everything went wrong. The character is a drama queen who seems willing to give up friendships in order to be more popular, [...]

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Tags: Comedy · Kids/Family · You CAN Make a Difference